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The Red Sox are closing in on a long-term deal to extend their agreement with WEEI to broadcast their games, according to multiple industry sources.

The deal is expected to be for at least five years.

The current 10-year deal between the Red Sox and Entercom, which owns WEEI, expires at the end of this season. One source said the current deal had Entercom making escalating payments to the Red Sox over the years, culminating with $17 million this season.

WEEI has already tweaked its broadcast team, importing New Hampshire native Tim Neverett from Pittsburgh to work alongside longtime play-by-play man Joe Castiglione. Neverett, who had been a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates broadcast team, is replacing Dave O’Brien, who moved over to NESN to replace Don Orsillo, who this season will do play-by-play on radio and television for the San Diego Padres.

Castiglione, 69, has a greater institutional knowledge of the Red Sox than perhaps any broadcaster in the history of the franchise. His first year in the broadcast booth was 1983, Carl Yastrzemski’s last season. His first play-by-play partner was the late Ken Coleman, who began his Red Sox play-by-play career in 1965.